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Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-03

H. D. Penny came up from the
Hot Springs yesterday, and was a
caller at this office. He reports
everything as fourishing down that
way.
Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-03

The boys are all SO busy at pres
ent that they cannot find time to at
tend the dances which are being
given along the river.
Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-03

Jim Jennings came up from his
ranch with his pack train on Thurs
day, and went over to Crested butte
after load of provisions.
Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-03

Black currants are quite plentiful
on the mountain sides this season.
Crystal River current. [volume] (Crystal, Colo.) 1886-18??, 1887-09-03
LOCAL SPLINTERs.
Tom Motheral came up from
Prospect on Wednesday.
Buck Calvert took in the county
seat the first Of the week.

Our rainy season is playing thun-
der with work in the high basins.
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Tortured for their Money.

GALVESTON, Aug. 3O.-A special dis
patch from Hampstead, Texas says !:
1.-THE County officers have returned
from Reid's Prairie, the scene of the late
terrible outrage on John Schultz and
wife, Germans, over sixty years old, and
report the perpetration of crime that
would shame a savage. Soon after dark
on Friday night last four men, masked
and otherwise disguised, entered the
house and demanded all the money about
the premises. When refused the robbers
commenced pounding boln the old man
and his wife with pistols.
"They then bound their wrists, and
pouring kerosene oil on the persons of
both told them they would burn them
alive if tie money vas not produced.
When refused again one of the villains
set fire to the kerosene and they were
horribly burned. The muscles of the
calves of the old mans legs are nearly
burned asunder, and little hopes of his
recovery are entertained.
"l1rs. Schultz, although terribly beat.
en- on the head and badly burned, will
probably recover. Mr.. Schultz was left
for dead, and the robbers then searched
the premises and found a 81 bill and $50
in silver. Two men are now under arrest
charged with the crime, and the others
implicated the officers expect soon to
have in custody.
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President Cleveland on Mixed scools.


Mr.. G.. A. Sullivan, editor of the
Montgomery (Va.) Democrat, recently
wrote to President Cleveland inquiring
in regard to the truth Of a report that
Mr.. Cleveland, while Governor of New
York, approved bill authorizing mixed
schools in, the State. In replying to Mr..
Sullivan's inquiry, President Cleveland
writes: s'The only bill that I know of
being passed and approved on that sub
ject, while / was Governor, was one affect
ing the city of New York, and had pre-.
cisely the contrary efect-that is, the
purpose and object was to retain the
colored schools separate and distinct from
those for the whites. Mfr. Nelson J.
Waterbury, of New York city, I think,
drew the bill, and Prof. Rasin, superin.
tendent of colored schools, and Rev. DR..
Derrick, both of New York city, advocat-
ed it strongly.
The school board of New York City
had determined to consolidate their
schools with the white schools, and the
bill took it ont of the control of the
board, so that it should not be done. 1t
was strongly urged before me that sepa.
rate schools were of much more benefit
to the colored people than mixed schools.
I approved the bill, and I suppose in the
City of New York colored schools are
separately maintained to-day by virtue
of its provisions. I.have thus given you
all remember on the subject of your
inquiry. I have been much surprised at
hearing before the receipt of your letter
that this matter has been so grossly mis-
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Squ andered a Million.

The son of ex.State Senator Browne of
New York, is now lying at hotel in
Newark, N. j., with broken leg and
nearly penniless. He is cared for by
Captain Donovan, the proprietor of the
hotel. The young man inherited nearly
million dollars few years ago, but has
squandered it all. He admits that he
spent $SO0,O00 in eight years. Browne
went to Newark several years ago q
physical wreck, having used up his for
tune in dissipation and lost most of his
friends. President Macknet, of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
gave Browne help and employment, but
after few weeks he left and went to
Morristown, where he was employed in
a stable. After that he worked on a
farm for over year at $40 a month and
board. About week ago he read of 8
case in the Brooklyn Surrogate Court.
He was an important witness in the case
and went to see the attorneys of the
woman who was suing to recover an
estate left by her husband.
"The lawyers gave me check for S100
and sent me back" he said. ut was
that money I was spending when I got
drunk"
Glow did you break your leg?"
"I do not know, unless I twisted it
around the iron railing in front of some
bar. I don't remember anything about
it,"
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To Harness Niagara.

BUFFALO, Sept. 3.-The inventor Of a
harness for the power of Niagara River
has almost got his grasp on fortune of
$62,500. If he hasn't that much money
in his inside pocket he certainly has q
contract which, if carried out, will put
it there. J. T. Kerns of this city has
sold the right to his invention in Erie
and Niagara Counties;. which includes
the whole of the Niagara River frontage,
to the Niagara River Motor Company,
capital stock, S250,000.
"Seyeral members of the Cleveland
Electric Motor Company have been here
a. pumber of times," said Mr.. Kerns,
"and appear to be greatly interested in
my motor. They have been with us
when we tried it in the river, and seem
to be delighted with it. Their notion is
that the motor is to be utilized for the
generation of electricity. The men with
whom I am dealing say that they will
build two big dynamos down by the river
bank, and send the electricity all over
the city on wires. Remember" said he,
IT have sold only two Counties. There
are plenty of other streams where the
motor can be used, and if l can find a
suitable one near New York I can cover
that island with electric motive power
and then have got bonanza"
"But how much power do you claim
to have there7 2" pointing to the motor
model, which had been brought out.
"That can't undertake to tell you. l
have an Immense power, though, as
everybody who understands such things
admits at once on looking at it. l have
taken it to all the old machinists and
r:llwrights I could find and they all
aree about it. We have had it in the
river four times, and it works beautiful
ly."
The model is, in brief, platform
foot and d half wide, and nearly as long
again, with three upright bearings set so
that by stretching an endless chain about
them an irregular triangle is formed.
This chain is furnished with flat paddles
that stand out from it to catch the cur.
rent which is by means of dams or walls
thrown against its longest side. Hinges
permit the paddles to feather back
against the chain on the return side.
One of the wheels around which the
chain runs is furnished with pulley,
which gives off the power to belt that
goes ashore. "It is intended" said the
inventor, "to make q machine 100 feet
long, with steel blades 10 feet high and
having feet sweep. This, with guiding
walls of masonry built in Portland
cement, will cost, it is thought, $4,000.
There will be little trouble from ice, as
the machine will be eight feet below the
surface of the water"
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~. s.ss-'. H.
Matthew DOnahOe's Mad Act.

GREENv1LLE, Sept. ga suicide,
under most distressing circumstances,
occurred in Greenville this morning.
Matthew Donahoe (white), a carpenter
by trade, was found at daylight this
morning hanging to a rope, which he
had suspended from the top of his door.
His family were all in the house, and the
discovery was not made until his wife
went to open the door. He was bang
ing on the outside of the house. When
found, his body was still warm, showing
that the act had been committed in the
early part of the morning. Donahoe
leaves q wife and large family of chill.
.dren, and there is no known cause for
his rash act, as he seemed to be fairly
prosperous and all his business and
family affairs were going on smoothly.
Two prisoners escaped from the Jail
yesterday morning. They made their
escape by saving loose the fastenings of
the iron grating of the door. The Jail
of Greenville seems to be somewhat in.
secure.
a large mass meeting of citizens of
this city and county was held here to-
day and resolutions were adopted in
favor of county subscription of $780,.
600 to the Carolina, Knoxville and
Western Railroad. Prominent citizens
from Knoxville and Augusta were pres.
ent, and the meeting was enthusiastic
and practically unanimous for the sub
scription..
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Jews In America.

The increase of the Jewish population
of the United States has been remark.
able. In 1845 in q population of TO-
100000 there were only $4,000 Jews.
To day the number is at least 100000.
So that, while the entire population of
the United States has increased three
fold in forty years, the number of Jews
has increased ten fold.
The United States is now the fourth
country in the world in the number of
its Jewish citizens. Russia, Austria,
and Germany have more; but at the
present rate of increase it will not be
long before this country has the largest
Jewish population in the world.
To the excellent character of our Jew.
ish population every fair. minded citizen
must bear testimony. Their enterprise,
industry and thrift have made them
powerful in our commerce. They have
also become distinguished for their pub.
lie spirit, their support of benevolent in
stitutions, and their general good con.
duct as citizens. A more conservative,
or more law.abiding element is not to be
found in this country.
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a Remarkable Life.

Christopher Gustayus Memminger,
who is now at the point of death in
Charleston, was born in Wurtcnburg,
Germany, January 7tl, 1903. and was
the son of Christopher Godfrey Mem.
minger, a captain i'll the army of the
elcctor of Swabia, which was after.
wards erected by Napoleon into the
kingdom of Wurtenburg. His grand
father was an officer in the university Of
Babenhaussen, and cousin was pro.
fessor in one of the German universities
His mother emigrated to Charleston
when he was quite an infant and soon
died, leaving her son an orphan at the age
of four years. E(e was placed in the city
orphan house and at the age of nine
years was adopted by Mr.. Thomas Ben.
nett, afterwards governor of South Caro-.
lima. By Mr.. Bennett he was introduced
into his family and educated with the
same care as his own children. He
entered the South Carolina College at
the early age of fourteen years and was
graduated from that institution with high
honors in 1919. Being then but sixteen
years of age, he was admitted to the bar
in 1926, elected to Legislature in 1886,
and served in that body till 1860. Soon
after his election to the Legislature MIR.
Metnminger was appointed chairman of
the committee on ways and means and
was instrumental in shaping the financial
policy of the State until the outbreak of
the war in 1861. He was instrumental
iu organization of public school system
of Charleston in which he took lifelong
interest.
When secession came Memminger
affiliated with cooperation party and
was sent as commissioner from this State
to Virginia to urge that State to secede.
He was member of State secession con.
vention and took active part in its delib-
erations He was also elected to first
Confederate Congress and on organiza-
tion of confederate government was ap-
pointed Secretary of treasury which po.
sition be held till summer of 1864, when
he resigned. In 1865 he returned to
Charleston and commenced life again.
He took prominent part in developing
phosphate industry in that section and
made handsome fortune thereby. He
was chairman of city public school board
till 1885 when advanced age forced him
to resign. He was twice married. In
1882, to Miss Mary Wilkinson, daughter
of DR.. Willis Wilkinson, formerly of
Virginia, and brother of Commodore
Wilkinson, and second, on March 81,
1887, to Miss Sarah A. Wilkinson, sister
of the above. He leaves eight children.
His oldest son, DR.. Thomas Memminger,
is a physician. The Rev. Robert W.
Memminger is a distinguished divine of
Charleston. Christopher G. Memminger
is an orange grower in Florida. DR..
Allard Memminger is an analytical
chemist of Charleston. Edward R.
Memminger is lawyer. Ellen Mem.
minger is engaged in oranss raising in
Florida. His daughter Mary is the wife
of Mr.. Vincotte, a civil engineer in
Brussels. His daughter Virginia is the
wife of Ralph J. Middleton, Jr., of
Charleston.-Atlanta Consultation.
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Better Watch Ben.

BosToN, September 1.-Gen. Buffers
speech this afternoon before the Butler
Club, which celebrated the taking of
Hatteras, was characteristic. The speech
was for the greater part devoted to con.
sideration of the treasury surplus. He
said he would distribute this enormous
sum equitably and make 6. service pen
sion. He continued:
"When we were carrying on this war
the Nation borrowed money upon its
bonds from the bankers, and we may now
say it without offence, made the best
bargain it could, and the Nation has
owed them debt which it promised to
pay in gold and has paid every dollar Of
it that is due. Now, the soldier bad a
debt, the consideration of which was
blood and death-one that was certainly
as solemn and just debt as any other,
aud we took our pay in greenbacks.
Distribute this extra money among us
and you come within about Is per cent
of making the thing equal-not more.
Applause.
"a part Of this money belongs to the
SUuIus oluooG oOfCuLCCu JCdlo dSO 1
said in Congress that I looked forward to
the day when We should give relief to
the disabled Confederate soldiers. I was
much criticised at the time for saying it,
but I am ready here and now, whether it
is with obloquy or with praise to say
As soon as we have rewarded the men
who fought for the Union I'm content
that the surplus money Of the United
States shall be taken for the purpose of
administering to the necessities of the
Confederate soldiers of the South. who
were not to blame for this war, but are
the only sufferers by it. [Applause.
"But / want to say another thing to
my friends of the North and South. We
never shall be able to relieve the neces.
sites of the wounded and manned Con.
federates until every Union soldier is re.
warded for his valor and loyalty. Ap.
plause. And the quicker every man
votes for that the quicker he will bring
about this act of magnanimity to the
Southern people,"
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South Carolina for Cleveland.

Capt. F. W. Dawson, Editor of the
Charleston Neaus and Courier, paid a
flying visit to Washington yesterday,
and during the afternoon called at the
White House and had talk with the
President concerning the political situa.
tion. Capt. Dawson is q member of the
National Democratic committee and a
steadfast supporter of the present Ad.
ministration. Capt. Dawson says South
Carolina has every reason to be pleased
with Mr.. Cleveland and his policy, and
the people of that State will heartily
support his denomination at the proper
time. The people Of Charleston are
very anxious to have the honor of enter
tanning the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land if they can make it convenient to
visit their city during the coming Presi.
dental trip to Atlanta. The President
has Charleston's invitation now under
consideration, in conjunction with others
of a similar character, and his pro-
gramme will be announced during the
coming week. This morning Capt.
Dawson returned to Charleston, accom-
panied by Mrs. Dawson and her two
children, who have been in Europe dur
ing the past two years. Mrs. Dawson is
we'll known in this city as the sister of
Mrs. Gen. Drum, and her many friends
will be glad to know that her trip abroad
was of material benefit to her, although
she is still in delicate health Washing.
toa, Letter in the Baltimore Sun.
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Greenvllle's Wholesale Strike.

GREENy1LLE, s. O., September 81
The operators in the weaving room of the
Huguenot plaid plains, seventy-hve in
number, left their machines and refused
to work this morning. The trouble was
caused by the proposed change in the
superintendent Of the clothes room. 81.
Green has been superintendent at 81 9
day. e. III. FulenWeider, the owner of
the mill, gave Green notice Of reduc.
ton to $3. Green refused to accept the
reduction.
When it became known among the
operators that Greene's place was to be
filled by F.. J. Barnett, an employee OF
the mill, who is without experience in
the weaving department, they refused to
work. Mr.. Fullenweider's action in
reducing Green's pay, was without the
consent Of Superintendent and Treasurer
g. H. Lanneau. Ir consequence OF this
Mr.. Lanneau has resigned his position,
the resignation to take effect on the 10th
inst. He has been superintendent since
the mill was built.
Mr.. Fullenweider will take charge and
superintend personally. BE says he will
replace the force and run on as before.
The carding and spinning department is
still running. There has been no dis.
turbance and the strike is perfectly quiet.
It is watched with interest as the first
instance of the kind in Greenvilie.-'
Dispatch TO the Charleston Sun.
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A Row at spartanburg.

spARTANBuRG, S. O., Sept. 4.--Deputy
Marshal John Kirby, of the United States
Internal Revenue Department, got into a
serious affray last night about midnight,
by interfering with policeman John
Cleveland in the discharge of his duty.
From the policeman's account, Kirby
came up to him and jerked his "billy'
ont of his hand when he was endeayoring
to quiet man by the name..o of Hastings,
who was drinking and noisy, and who
had been ordered to leave the street,
under pain of being arrested. The po.
liceman recovered his club and after a
few words, was struck by Kirby, and in
turn Kirby was felled by the policeman's
club, and an attempt made by the police.
man to disarm him iKirby), as he was
attempting to use his pistol.
Parties interfered and separated them,
and Kirby, who had resisted was after
wards arrested, and gave bail for his
appearance on tomorrow Monday
morning. The policeman still bears de.
cided marks of the encounter, and posi-.
bly,, the marshal also. Kirby has made
himself 80 unpopular in the discharge Of
the duties of his Office that there is q
strange feeling here, not only in the d.
rection of the removal of revenue officials,
but also in the abolishment of the whole
system, commissioners, collectors, mar.
shals, and all, as it snlacks 80 strongly
of the worst days of Radicalism.
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Weary Of The World.

UNION, Sept. 5-John M. Bramlett a
young man between 81 and % years of
age committed suicide Saturday night
between IL and o'clock by taking some
deadly poison. His body was found in
bed in his room over DR.. j. W. Posey's
drug store yesterday morning about $50
o'clock. No cause whatever can be
assigned for his rash act. He was from
Laurens, S. O., and leaves a father,
mother and several brothers. He has
been clerking in DR.. Posey's drug store
for the past year and was we'll thought of
by the entire community. A note was
found on table in his room in his hand.
writing, saying: 81 am weary of this
world. It has no charms for me. I
don't believe In any heaven or hell.
am a miserable being to behold. Don't
grieye after me, dear friends and rela-
tives." His remains were sent to Lau-
rens last night.
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: While Henry Fletcher was blasting

While Henry Fletcher was blasting
stumps on John Hill's farm, near Logans-
port, Ind, Wednesday, fifty dynamite
cartridges that he had about his person
were, by some unknown means, explod.
ed. Fletcher was literally blown 10
pieces, parts of his body being found
over hundred yards distant. His
breast bono was suspended i'm tree about
fifty feet high, while his tongue was
found near where the explosion occurred.
Pletched was about % years old and
came from Elkhart, where his parents
reside.
- The New York Evening Sun recalls
a unique experience in the career OF Gov.
ernor Wilson, of West Virginia. In 1871
he was member of the State Legisla.
ture. A certain bill was introduced.
Wilson was opposed to it. 'Thirty. six
hours before the Legislature adjourned
sine de-" says the Sun, "Wilson was re.
cognized by the speaker, and for thirty
six hours he played upon all the keys OF
the larynx." This remarkable feat gave
him the name of Windy Wilson.
The Indiana woman's prison and
reformatory, near indianapolis, is man.
aged exclusively by women. 1t has been
in operation four years, and there are
now 4S women in the prison and 137
girls in the reformatory, which is kept
wholly separate. They are kept busy
with great variety of domestic duties,
and school is carried on eleven months in
the year for the younger inmates. Pun.
ishment is rarely needed, and the time
system of shortening terms for good be-
havior is used with excellent results.
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Piedmont Exposition.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug: N.-The direc-
tors of the Piedmont exposition sent
three hundred invitations to the Veteran
Association of the Northwest to-day,
.u.ging old soldiers who fought between
Chattanooga and Atlanta to revisit the
battle fields during the first week of the
exposition beginning October 10th.
Special rates Of one cent per mile each
way have been secured. There will be
areunion of the Blues and the Grays on
Kennesaw mountain, with barbecues
and ceremony, and st night the illumina-
ton of Kennesaw mountain, to close with
the flight of 5000 rockets, ignited BY an
felecaic match from the crest of the
mountain. Batteries of artillery and
soldiers will take part in the illumination.
Pictures of Johnston and Sherman will
be displayed In the fire. Sherman signss.
ing Hold the Fort to General Corse at
Altoona will be berepeated from the station
at which the original signals were sent.
"A monster excursion will be run from
Isl. Louis to Atlanta at the close of the
Grand Army meeting there, October 9th
to 9Th.
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Practical Results OF Holiness.

The holiness preachers have begun
work in Laurens, and correspondent of
the Herald welcomes them. He says: {:
We are in love with the effects they seem
to have had on some of the converts in
Abbeville. One young man who while
a clerk some years ago appropriated to
himself 81 of his employers funds
Upon his conversion lie Immediately
made restitution-paying back the 81
with interest. Others say they are going
to be honest and upright from now on.
Now, there must have been something in
the preaching that caused those converts
to believe that honesty is one Of the
component parts Of religion.-that it
must needs enter into it in order to round
it off, SO to speak, and make it consistent.
There is certainly a great need of such
preaching at this time. Because there
are many church members who evidently
have yet to learn that common honesty
one hundred cents on the dollar--is
one of the beauties of religion.